The Complete Fables Issues 1-150

A PEOPLE ARE OUT “I CANY

“AND I CAN'T CATCH MY BREATH!
.( I KEEP SPITTING OUT DIRT. I THINK }

BUDDY. I THINK THIS \
1S A SITUATION WHERE MY
SPECIAL TALENTS

GRIMBLE! WHAT ARE YOU
DOING? WE NEED TO MOVE
\. THESE PEOPLE OUT

OF HERE!

BIGBY! MOVE
WHO WHERE? T ~\’
CAN'T SEE A DAMNED
THING IN THIS DUST
CLOUD.

LL THIS GRIT'S GETTING INTO
~ MY LUNGS.

Bill
Millingbam
writer/creator
Mark
Buckingbam
penciller
Andrew Pepoy
inker
Lee Lougbridge
colors

Todd Klein
letters

James Jean
cover

Angela Rufino
associate editor

Shelly Bond
editor

BETTER
KEEP
MOVING.
TRY TO
CONTACT
AS MANY
PEOPLE AS
YOU CAN
BUMP
INTO.

ITS
ABOUT TO GET
WIND».

PAVEMENT
AND COVER

—( TIMER. HOPE YOU

OH,
PINOCCHIO,
YOU AND YOUR DAD
NEED TO DUCK AND
COVER. BIGBY'S
GOING TO--

YES, I
HEARD You
SHOUTING. BUT

I'M NOT ABOUT TO GET
\ MY KNEES, OUT IN THE
\

STREET, LIKE SOME
CRINGING, PENNILESS
BEGGAR.

YOURSELF, OLD-

LAND SOMEWHERE
OFT.

C'MON, POPS. WE
J NEED TO DO THIS. I'VE BEEN
CLOSE TO BIGBY WHEN HE HUFFS
AND PUFFS BEFORE. YOU DON'T
WANT TO TAKE UP FLYING
LESSONS NOW, DO YOU?

FABLETOWN? “XQ
YES, GOD HELP
US ALL, I THINK
Re FABLETOWN IS

DONE.
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NO YOU DON'T, SS
sik! NO YOU
DON'T!

YOU DON'T ale:
GET TO SINK INTO E
DESPAIR! YOU'RE OUR
MAYOR--OUR LEADER!
ANP NOW IT'S TIME
TO STEP UP AND
LEADL g

WITH ALL

7 DUE RESPECT, KING

COLE, WE DIDN'T ELECT YOU
TO ENJOY THE PRIVILEGES OF

OFFICE WHEN TIMES ARE GOOD,

BUT TO SHOULDER THE HEAVIEST

» WEIGHT IN THE BAD
TIMES!

, I THINK
a MOVE THESE Folks \ ( YOUNEED TO MAKE
SO WHAT ARE YOU OUT OF THE WAY, MR. \_g BIGBY. 7
GOING TO DO ABOUT & IDO GRANDOURS. I NEED .
2 TO SPEAK TO THE THE MUNDY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PEOPLE WILL BE HERE SOON,
IN FULL FORCE, AND THEY CAN'T
FIND A GIANT WOLF WHEN
THEY ARRIVE.

ENOUGH, BUT
GET READY TO SEE
ME STARKERS, THEN,
BEAUTY. MY CLOTHES
BLEW (AWay SOME-

GET MUCH OF
A SENSE OF HIM,
EXCEPT THAT HE'S
A DESTROYER,

THIS ISN'T AS :

BAD AS IT'S GOING TO :

-)\f GET, MR, MAYOR. WHATEVER
CAUSED THIS IS ON ITS WAY HERE

A NOW. I CAN Fee HIM COMING fi iio 6 i
es CLOSER WITH EVERY % Ee
= THAN WE CAN
HEARTBEAT. DONE atts TO BI ga ages

HE'S ON HIS

Ly WE ey
NEED TO £
LEAVE. Gs

Ar

Lem

THEN THAT'S
WHAT WE HAVE TO
DO. THAT'S WHERE

WE'LL GO.

y NOT A BIT. Sey
EVERY SPELL
THERE IS STILL

INTACT. WE'VE NO
REASON TO BELIEVE

LEAD US. ‘
WE'RE ALL WAITING TO
FOLLOW YOU. __

FROM MUNDY AND
UNKNOWN ENEMY

ABOUT THE
FARM? HAS THAT

BEEN HARMED,
TOO? da
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B Says ae
/ LISTEN LP, AND TO ADP TO =< > OUR DEFLECTIVE
PEOPLE! THE OUR TROUBLES, THE WY SPELLS ARE GONE!
WOODLAND IS A MUNDY POLICE AND SUCH " THERE'S NOTHING TO KEEP THEM \_
.| GONE, AND THE WILL BE HERE WITHIN , FROM DISCOVERING US AND THIS ) *
»\ KEST OF hm MOMENTS! CATASTROPHE, AND THERE'S
FABLETOWN IS ‘we \ is NO TIME TO WORK OUT ANY
\. UNSAFE! \f Za By COVER STORIES!
Y MORE Se Py a
“ DANGERS ARE t ~
ON THE WAY, AND

SOMEWHERE
ELSE WHEN ,

SOT THINK ~~ o>
YT BEST THAT WE H CARS, GET THEM!
SIMPLY BE GONE THOSE WITH MUNDY COVER
BEFORE THEY GET IDENTITIES, GO RENT ONE--
HERE! HERE'S WHAT THE BIGGEST ONE YOU CAN
WE'RE GOING TO (7 "3 GET. AND TAKE FOUR OF
m YOUR NEIGHBORS WITH A

TAKE ONLY WHAT SURVIVED THE FALL! WE NEED TO BE ON OUR A
YOU'VE GOT AND DON'T LEAVE WAY IN SECONDS,

DO IT NOW! DON'T TARRY | OH, YES! WE'RE
DON'T GO BACK TO LOOK FOR ANY- GOING 10 THE FARM!
(INTO YouR HOMES! THING THAT MAY HAVE WE'LL BE SAFE THERE, BUT
ON YOU!

NOT MINUTES!

WHERE, SIR?
YOU DIDN'T SAY
THAT YET.

Sr=) | = you
LATER. HAVE TO WAKE UP,
== ROSE RED. THERE'S

= - Dy 2C48E.

WHO /S
THIS? I DON'T
RECOGNIZE--

HURRY.
I DON'T
HAVE MUCH
TIME.

I THOUGHT
I WAS ALL DONE,
BUT THEY SENT ME

BACK. REMEMBER ME,
. ROSE RED? MY NAME
WAS COLIN. I USED
TO LIVE HERE AT
THE FARM.

YOU'RE
A BLOODY PIG OF COURSE

I'M DEAD. I'D HATE TO
HEAD ON A
BE IN THIS CONDITION
ee AND NOT BE.

ye

NOW, YOU'RE

y GOING TO HAVE TO
CALM DOWN, BECAUSE
THEY NEVER GIVE ME

: MUCH TIME.

I USED TO
VISIT YOUR S/STER
LIKE THIS, BACK WHEN
THINGS WERE BAD AND
IT WAS ALL GOING TO
LAND ON HER
SHOULDERS.

BUT
NOW IT FALLS
ON YOU.

' EVERY-
We THING. ALL THE
. WEIGHT.

AND IT'S
MY TASK TO
Y WARN You--To
f GIVE YOU TIME TO
SUMMON UP THE
STRENGTH TO
FACE WHAT'S
COMING.

THE BAD
a TIMES ARE BACK--

WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?

PERHAPS WORSE THAN
EVER. DON'T YOU SEE?
THERE WAS ALWAYS
GOING TO BE A PRICE
FOR THE WITCHING
CLOAK, AND THE
WELL, AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.

you
HAD THEM FOR
CENTURIES, TO
USE AS YOU WOULD,
BUT NOW THE BILL'S
COME DUE.

AND SOON,
WHEN THE DUST
SETTLES, THEY'LL BE LOOK
ING TO YOU, TO GUIDE
THEM THROUGH THE
DARKNESS.

CAN YOU DO IT? CAN YOU
BE THEIR L/GHT? I CAN'T ASK
SNOW AGAIN, BECAUSE SHE'S
DONE. SHE'S ON A DIFFERENT

PATH NOW, AND HER BURDEN

HAS PASSED ON TO

ALL TO VARIOUS
ROTTING
HELLS!

CAN YOU
PLEASE
STOP TALKING
IN VAGUE
RIDDLES AND
MAKE SOME

SENSE

YOu
NEVER EXPLAINED
ANYTHING.

I HAVE
TO SAY, YOUR
SISTER TREATED
ME NICER.

SORRY.

BY I'm Out oF

TIME.

SINBAD,
GET UP. YOU
HAVE TO GET

DRESSED.

uP
NOW? JOIN
ME DOWN-
STAIRS!

FINES T'LL
TREAT YOU LIKE THE
DAINTY GODDAMN QUEEN
OF DAINTY GODDAMN
ENGLAND/ NOW, IF
YOU'D JUST--

T'LL
TRY TO COME
BACK WHEN

WHO'S THIS
wirete? ARRIVING AT SUCH

I'M NOT SURE,
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
EVERYONE.

SOMEWHERE IN THE ENDLESS
UNIVERSE, MISTER DARK RIDES
HIS WILD BLACK STEED NAMED
HARBINGER, WHOSE STRIDE
CROSSES WORLDS.

IN FABLETOWNS LOST
BUSINESS OFFICE, THE
WICKED WITCH BABA
YAGA 1S UNBOUND AND
PROWLING THE BACK
CORRIDORS. TENDING
TO OLD HUNGERS IS
FOREMOST ON HER

EVER CLOSER HE COMES
TO HIS DESTINATION, AND
THESE ARE THE SIGNS THAT
PRESAGE HIS COMING...

ON ONE OF THE OFFICES
SECURE STORAGE
SHELVES, A BOTTLE HAS
COME OPEN AND ITS
PREVIOUS OCCUPANT IS
NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

AND AT THE
NORTH POLE,,,

PAPA,
WHAT'S
WRONG?

CP THE NAUGHTY LIST IS
Y I WAS @/ GROWING OUT OF CONTROL.
WORKING ON THE VY All OF THESE CHILDREN
j NAUGHTY AND NICE cUDDENLY WAKING UP TO THE
Nee ees NC ly USUALLY DORMANT KERNELS

OF EV/L THAT SLEEP
INSIDE ALL OF US.

AND IN THEIR
SLUMBERS THE
WORLD OVER,
CHILDREN WAKE
IN THE NIGHT,
KNOWING THAT
SOMETHING IS
ABOUT TO COME
CRAWLING OUT
FROM UNDER
THE BED.

I'VE BEEN |
WRITING FOR HOURS

AND S7/LL THE NAMES F

ARE COMING TO

HOW WERE
WE SUPPOSED
TO WARN You,

DEAR GIRL?

THING WE'LL f YOU WEREN'T

| - ANSWERING YOUR
T PNTS FOR THE WAR 7 SS NW CELL PHONE, AND THE
BUILDUP BROUGHT a DIRECT LINE BETWEEN
OUT OF STORAGE AND fe aS a THE FARM AND THE
PITCHED TONIGHT. eA b> BUSINESS OFFICE WAS

i ) CUT WHEN WE LOST
TONE OFTHE. NG | 2 THE BUSINESS
BARNS. = OFFICE. i

GET ; : . AND ; es
: THOUGHT TO CALL
NO ONE SLEEPS ME IN ADVANCE, TO
UNTIL IT'S WARN US YOU WERE
DONE, =< COMING?

ONCE A CAR ~
IS UNLOADED, PARK IT OUT
IN THE WEST FIELD PASTURES! NOT
EAST, IT'S TOO ROCKY AND NOT THE
NORTH FIELDS. THOSE ARE
CROPLANDS/

WELL, WE EMAIL? WHAT'S WE'RE
GET HOLES IN THAT, ROSE?--ER-- SETTING YOU UP IN
OUR CELL COVER- EXCUSE ME. YES, THE MAIN HOUSE'S
AGE UP HERE, BUT GRIMBLE? : V/P GUEST SUITE,
YOU STILL COULD HAVE
EMAILED US , OR
SOMETHING...

OH NO, THAT WON'T DO. DOCTOR WHAT'S THAT, DEAR? OH, THAT'S RIGHT, MISS
SWINEHEART NEEDS TO SET UP UH--HOLD ON--OH, VO RED. YOU WON'T HAVE
IN THAT ROOM FOR BOY BLUE. YOU DON'T! YOU AREN'T fF HEARD. BOY BLUE WAS

THEY'RE BRINGING HIS VAN UP LEAVING THAT HERE! JM TAKEN /LZ AGAIN. THAT'S
TO OFFLOAD BLUE NOW. HE PUT THAT BACK IN HIS TRANSPORT COMING
COMES FIRST. = YOUR TRUCK AND \, UP NOW. YOU CAN TALK
TAKE IT OVER TO HIM, IF YOU
LIKE.
EXCUSE
ME? WHY
WOULD BLUE
NEED “OFF-
LOADING”2

DOUBT HE COULD
USE A FRIENDLY VOICE
RIGHT NOW.

Y” HELLO, J

Gop eLue wHat Yea ROSE. THEY
BACK PLEASE, HAPPENED? { TELL ME I'LL BE
; BUNKING UP HERE
nied AGAIN. JUST LIKE
TO UNLOAD A ,

STRETCHER ee

YOU CAN
i} TALK TO GIRLS ~ 4d
LATER, YOUNG MAN. \_
THE DOCTOR WANTS YOU
INSIDE AND OUT OF
THIS CHILL AIR
ASAP.

BUT YOU
WERE F/NE. YOU
CAME THROUGH THE WAR
JUST FINE. WITH ONLY
THAT ONE SCRATCH

I MUST /NS/ST YOU
LET ME GET THE PATIENT
INSIDE. THE DOCTOR EXPECTS
HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO BE
CARRIED OUT TO THE

YOU FAT, UGLY
HARPY!

ROSE RED
AND I WERE MARRIED
A BIT MORE THAN A WEEK
AGO, UHM--WE WERE STILL
DISCUSSING THE RIGHT
WAY TO TELL YOU.

TURNS OUT
THAT ONE MINOR
SCRATCH WAS A
DOOZY. BAD
LUCK, EH?

UH, HONEY?
MAYBE You'D
BETTER LET THEM
DO WHAT THEY
NEED TO DO.

HONEY? IT
SEEMS YOU'RE
NOT THE ONLY ONE
BEHIND ON THE
LATEST NEWS.
WHAT DID T

MISS?

OH NO,
NOT LIKE THIS.
I DIDN'T WANT
TO TELL YOU

LIKE THIS. |

OH, AH,
THEN THAT EXPLAINS
IT. YOU HAVE my FULLEST
CONGRATULATIONS, OF COURSE.
WELL DONE. SHE ALWAYS
DESERVED THE
BEST.

I'D SHAKE
YOUR HAND, BUT
THE ONLY ONE LEFT IS
FULL OF THEBES
JUST NOW.

IF YOU
TWO DON'T M/ND,
I THINK I'D BETTER
BE TAKEN INSIDE
NOW.

NURSE?

BIGBY, THIS
CAN'T HAPPEN--NOT
TO HIM. WE CAN'T LOSE
THE BOY. WHAT HAVEN'T
WE TRIED YET?

SAY THERE'S NOTHING
LEFT THEY CAN TRY,
EITHER.

I THINK
OUR BEST BET
1S WITH FLYCATCHER,
WHENEVER HE SHOWS
UP AGAIN. HE'S PRETTY
POWERFUL NOW. MAYBE
HE HAS ALAST
MIRACLE UP HIS
SLEEVE.

BUT,
WITHOUT ACCESS
TO THE BUSINESS OFFICE
AND THE WITCHING CLOAK,
WE'VE NO QU/CK WAY
{ TO CONTACT HIM.

“FABLES is an excellent series in the tradition of
SANDMAN, one that rewards careful attention
and loyalty.” - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

BILL ‘=
WILLINGHAM

“[A] wonderfully twisted concept...

features fairy tale characters banished to the
noirish world of present-day New York.”
-THE WASHINGTON POST

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~ 4 VOL. I: LEGENDS IN EXILE
VOL. 2: ANIMAL FARM

VOL. 3: STORYBOOK LOVE

VOL. 4: MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS
VOL. 5: THE MEAN SEASONS

VOL. 6: HOMELANDS

VOL. 7: ARABIAN NIGHTS (AND DAYS)
VOL. 8: WOLVES

VOL. 9: SONS OF EMPIRE

VOL. 10: THE GOOD PRINCE

VOL. 11: WAR AND PIECES

VOL. 12: THE DARK AGES

VOL. 13: THE GREAT FABLES CROSSOVER
1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL

FABLES VOL. 3:
STORYBOOK LOVE

FABLES VOL. 6: FABLES:
HOMELANDS 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL

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